Off Topic This heating allowance thing

Dont know if it is true, but somebody told me to day they are saving £2bn but the cost of those applying for pension credit as a result will exceed £3bn. Seems unlikely to me, but I presume will have to now apply for it. Whatever the real costs / savings it is just really poor optics. They can talk about tough choices, that is govt, this seems like an easy target for them to me.

 

They didn’t seem to think it was bad enough to cut there own heating allowances.

 

Don’t know what I am more disgusted with, the Labour Party penalising working class pensioners for their first policy of tackling the country’s economic problems,or the total lack of courage, principles and decency to stand up to Starmer from all the north east MP’s who hid behind the “abstain” vote,fcuking pathetic weak b******* ,I’ll remember this vote the next time they come knocking on my door

 

I find the abstain pathetic too. You are elected to represent your community. You either agree with the policy or you dont. The problem seems to be fear of losing the whip, as was seen with the 7 who voted against the govt recently. Now the tories were guilty of the same scare tactics, but surely there is a sense of morals needed somewhere in politics. Removing the whip seems a petty minded tactic to me. Control and command.

 

The two from Sunderland who voted for the cuts have been named on Facebook, good luck to them next time they show their faces In the town.

 

Spot on marra, spineless human beings,where’s their honour in representing their communities

 

Dear me, that's shocking behaviour... will they be sharpening their pitchforks and demonstrating outside the MPs homes?

 

You don’t think the mp’s were weak and embarrassing?

 

Not in Sunderland mate. They’ll do a Joan of Ark

 

The tories are out in force on this thread today, lots of blue angst on display

 

F****** tories, just calling out the shameful,self centred mp’s ,haway marra give your head a shake

 

Well that’s more than you can say about the Labour luvvies, total silence

 

He already has done, to hard though, that’s how he ended up voting Labour

 

Train drivers increase is 14% over 3 years.

State pension increase is 20.8% over 3 years.

 

What a ****ing pathetic post.....prick.

 

Absolutely THIS.

No matter what you think about pensioners and their different incomes, according to Starmer and Labour there’s a black hole in the finances,

Who are the 1st people to start paying for it?

The Pensioners - THATS OBSCENE

Bart

 

You are better than that mate. Are you ok with the 1st 2 months of Labour. Are you supportive of the removal of the winter fuel allowance which was introduced by Gordon Brown? I dont see Tory glee here, I see angst at another govt failing our vulnerable communities.

 

So off the top of my head the train drivers get about £9000 and pensioners get about £2000.
Which percentage do you prefer 14 or 20.3?

where do you get 20.3 from I thought it was 4% per year. Might be wrong like.